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Ronald Mak
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| Week | Date | Content |
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| 1 | Aug 25 |
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Slides: Course objectives; software to install; assignments; quizzes; exams; grading; what is C++; Hello World program; Pods and Peas program; identifier, variables, and keywords; assignment statements; input and output; #include and using namespace; formatting numbers; cin input; basic data types; string type; type compatibilities and conversions; arithmetic; operator shorthand; if statement; while loops; named constants; Boolean operators; precedence rules; enumeration types; nested if statements; switch statement; increment and decrement operators; for loops; break statement Savitch slides: 01 02 03 Example programs: helloworld.cpp nestedloop.cpp Savitch_01-08.cpp Savitch_03-06.cpp Savitch_03-14.cpp |
| 2 | Sep 1 |
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Slides: Predefined functions; random numbers; type casting; programmer-defined functions: declarations, definitions, calls; void functions; top-down design; number translator example; scope and local variables; block scope; global constants and variables; overloading function names; call-by-value; call-by-reference; procedural abstraction; testing and debugging functions; assert macro; Assignment #2 Savitch slides: 04 05 Top-down design example: translator1.cpp translator2.cpp translator3.cpp translator4.cpp translator5.cpp Pass by value example: swap.cpp Pass by reference example: exchange.cpp Assert example: assert.cpp |
| 3 | Sep 8 |
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Slides: Assignment #2 sample solution; streams; file I/O; stream name vs. file name; formatting output; output manipulators; passing streams to functions; character I/O; predefined character functions; eof function; arrays; array initialization; array function parameters; multidimensional arrays; C strings; the standard string class; vectors; Assignment #3: War and Peace Savitch slides: 06 07 08 |
| 4 | Sep 15 |
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Slides: Assignment #3 sample solutions; pointers; int vs. pointer to int; declaring and assigning pointers; pointers are addresses; address-of and dereferencing operators; new and delete operators; pointer parameters; use typedef; using pointers to pass-by-reference; pointers and arrays; pointer arithmetic; dynamic arrays; 2-D dynamic array; use typedefs; char* and char**; Assignment #4: Student Scores Savitch slides: 09 Dynamic array examples: DynamicArray1.cpp DynamicArray2.cpp DynamicArray3.cpp |
| 5 | Sep 22 |
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Slides: Assignment #4 sample solution; structures; structures are types; scope of member names; structure variables; object-oriented programming (OOP); classes; member functions; public and private members; constructors; abstract data types (ADT); friend functions; operator overloading; overload <<; overload >>; Assignment #5 Roman Numerals Savitch slides: 10 11 Example classes: Birthday1.cpp Birthday2.cpp Birthday3.zip |
| 6 | Sep 29 |
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Slides: Assignment #5 sample solution; static class members; destructors; array of objects; vector of objects; copy constructor; "extra" constructor and destructor calls; how a vector grows; namespaces; search an array: linear search and binary search; Assignment #6 Book Catalog Savitch slides: 12 Example classes: Birthday4.zip Birthday5.zip BirthdayArray.zip BirthdayVector.zip BirthdayCopyCtor.zip BinarySearchIterative.cpp |
| 7 | Oct 6 |
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Slides: Assignment #6 sample solution; a "safe" array type; assignment operator; overload the subscript operator []; copy constructor; the "big three"; linked list insertion and deletion; queue; stack; Assignment #7 Savitch slides: 13 SafeArray example 1: (crashes) SafeArray1.h SafeArray2.cpp SafeArrayTests1.cpp SafeArray example 2 (operator =): SafeArray2.h SafeArray2.cpp SafeArrayTests2.cpp SafeArray example 3 (fix operator =): SafeArray3.h SafeArray3.cpp SafeArrayTests3.cpp SafeArray example 4 (another fix operator =): SafeArray4.h SafeArray4.cpp SafeArrayTests4.cpp SafeArray example 5 (overload []): SafeArray5.h SafeArray5.cpp SafeArrayTests5.cpp SafeArray example 6 (copy constructor): SafeArray6.h SafeArray6.cpp SafeArrayTests6.cpp |
| 8 | Oct 13 |
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Slides: Midterm; template function; template class "safe array" version 7; object-oriented programming; inheritance; subclasses; polymorphism; virtual destructors Savitch slides: 15 Template function example: TemplateExchange.cpp Template class example: Pair.h PairTests.cpp SafeArray example 7 (template): SafeArray7.zip Virtual destructors: VirtualDestructor1.zip VirtualDestructor2.zip |
| 9 | Oct 20 |
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Slides: Midterm solutions; Assignment #7 sample solution; calculation puzzle; chrono; auto; decltype; Assignment #9; exception handling; exception classes; throwing exceptions in a function; review of iteration; recursion; think recursively; recursive examples: factorials, multiplication Savitch slides: 14 16 Malik slides: 06 Polymorphism example: Animal.cpp Calculation puzzle: roundoff.cpp Exception handling examples: exception1.cpp exception2.cpp exception3.cpp Timed vector examples: TimeVector1.cpp TimeVector2.cpp Recursion examples: Factorial.cpp |
| 10 | Oct 27 |
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Slides: Pointer to a function; Assignment #9 suggested solution; Recursion examples: multiplication, Fibonacci, member of, unique, reverse; binary search: iterative and recursive; Towers of Hanoi; mergesort; the Standard Template Library (STL); iterators; containers; STL lis template class; Assignment #10 Sample programs: Multiply.cpp Fibonacci1.cpp Fibonacci2.cpp Fibonacci3.cpp MemberOf.cpp Unique.cpp Reverse.cpp Permutations.cpp Hanoi.cpp BinarySearchRecursive.cpp FunctionParm1.cpp FunctionParm2.cpp |
| 11 | Nov 3 |
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Slides: Hash tables; hash function; collisions; keys for successful hashing; collision resolution; separate chaining; open addressing: linear probing and quadratic probing; load factor; Assignment #11; introduction to algorithm analysis; how well an algorithm scales; Towers of Hanoi puzzle recurrence relation; proofs by induction; big-O notation and its cousins; rates of growth; rules for computing running time; scalability of different algorithms Malik slides: 09 |
| 12 | Nov 10 |
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Slides: Nasty C++ puzzle; sorting algorithms; selection sort; insertion sort; Shellsort; insertion sort vs. Shellsort; suboptimal and optimal Shellsort; mergesort for linked lists; analysis of mergesort; partitioning a list; partition using a pivot; quicksort; pivot strategy; suboptimal and optimal quicksort; median-of-three pivot strategy; sorting animations; Assignment #12 Malik slides: 10 Nasty C++ puzzle: Thing.h Thing.cpp IteratorEndTest.cpp |
| 13 | Nov 17 |
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Slides: Trees; implementation; traversals: preorder and postorder; binary trees; infix ==> postfix; binary search trees; inorder tree traversal; min and max; contains; insert; remove; AVL trees; balancing: cases 1 - 4; AVL tree implementation; Assignment #13 Malik slides: 11 |
| 14 | Nov 24 |
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Slides: Multithreaded programming; single-threaded and multithreaded Fibonacci example; pthread library; concurrency vs. parallelism; race condition; critical regions; shared resources; mutual exclusion; shared printing example; condition variables; producer-consumer model; unsynchronized and synchronized queue example; a multithreaded program example; pointers vs. references; raw pointers vs. smart pointers; unique pointer; shared pointer Example programs: FibonacciST.cpp FibonacciMT.cpp PrintNoMutex.cpp PrintMutex.cpp QueueNoSync.cpp QueueSync.cpp OfficeHour.cpp SmartPtrUnique.zip SmartPtrShared.zip |
| 15 | Dec 1 |
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Slides: Multithreading results; raw pointers vs. smart pointers; unique pointer; shared pointer; graphs: terms, examples, and representation; topological sort; unweighted shortest path algorithms; weighted least cost path; Dijkstra's algorithm; minimum spanning tree (MST); Prim's algorithm for MST; breadth-first and depth-first searches Savitch slides: 17 18 Malik slides: 12 13 Smart pointer examples: SmartPtrUnique.zip SmartPtrShared.zip |
Department policy is to enforce
all course prerequisites strictly
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Problem Solving with C++, 10th edition Walter Savitch Pearson, 2017 ISBN: 978-0134710747 |
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Data Structures Using C++, 2nd edition D.S. Malik Cengage Learning, 2010 ISBN: 978-0324782011 |
Do not use Apple's Xcode on the Mac, or you run the risk of writing programs that will not port to other platforms.
On Windows, do not use Microsoft Visual C++, or you run the risk of writing programs that will not port to other platforms. Windows users should install Ubuntu.
